My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 300 - 184: Grace the Young Girl (Part 2)

It’s apparent that the girl’s life might be a bit difficult, yet she’s well taken care of by her mother.

She was covered with a small blanket, basking in the midday sunlight of early winter, seriously reaching into a basket, continuously taking out dried pea pods, skillfully shelling them one by one, and carefully placing them into a jar beside her.

This action would be naturally effortless and simple for an ordinary person, but for a blind little girl, it is not so easy.

Especially when placing the shelled peas into the jar, she needs to repeatedly touch the jar to find the mouth of it.

Somehow, seeing this scene instantly reminded Raine of the image of a blade of grass continuing to strive and grow under the weight of a stone.

Aside from faintly hearing the clatter of a manual loom shuttle moving back and forth inside the house, Raine also heard the girl’s murmuring:

"Why hasn’t brother come back for so long this time?"

"Even an adventurer should take a rest, right?"

"I wanted to make his favorite pea rice for him, I’ve already shelled so many peas."

The girl’s sincere self-talk full of eager anticipation instantly moved Elise, who was inherently kind-hearted.

Her eyes turned red, her small lips pursed, and she spoke slightly choked to Raine in a low voice, "Mr. Rein, is this Robin’s sister? She’s so well-behaved it’s heart-wrenching!"

"Doesn’t she know...." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Raine nodded and sighed, "She probably doesn’t know, right, let’s not mention this for now, maybe when she’s older, she’ll accept it better."

The girl’s mother probably hasn’t told her about her brother Robin’s situation yet.

At this moment, Raine gently tapped on the fence gate and said in as soft a tone as possible, "Excuse me, is this Robin’s home? I am a friend of Robin’s."

"Ah, yes!" Hearing the call of a stranger, the girl became a bit flustered, dropping a few peas she was holding.

She could not care about picking up the peas, instead, she quickly turned her head to shout into the house, "Mama, brother’s friend is here."

The sound of the loom came to an abrupt stop.

A middle-aged woman in a gray linen dress quickly walked out, her expression visibly tense.

Compared to the girl who was unaware of the situation, this mother clearly knew more.

Her son had died during an adventure.

It was said that a whole adventurer squad encountered an accident.

So why would someone still come?

Looking at the woman’s washed-out linen dress, the bloodshot eyes, and the haggard expression, Raine quickly determined that without Robin, maintaining a household with only a mother and daughter wasn’t easy.

Initially, when Robin’s mother looked at Raine and Elise, her gaze carried some fear, especially seeing Raine’s intimidating spiked armor.

But when she saw Elise, wearing a priest robe and with a sweet and lovely appearance, she seemed to relax significantly.

This made Raine feel that bringing Elise here was indeed a wise decision.

After a brief exchange.

The humble woman warmly invited Raine and Elise to sit, while the girl timidly said in a soft voice, "Sister, are you my brother’s friend?"

"Why hasn’t brother come back?"

Upon hearing these words, Elise extended her delicate fingers, gently patting the girl’s somewhat callused hand and said, "Your brother has been busy, he specifically entrusted me to take you to Dorne City for eye treatment."

Meanwhile, Raine took out a money bag from his pocket, handed it to the woman, and said, "This is the money I owed Robin earlier, please be sure to accept it."

Raine had considered giving more, but having too much money might not be good for a woman who didn’t have a strong power to protect herself, as it could provoke greed from others.

The bag contained mostly silver coins, with some gold coins, which should be enough for the woman’s daily needs for quite some time.

"This..." Feeling the heavy bag in her hands, the woman’s eyes grew moist.

Though not an adventurer, she was not naïve, understanding full well that Raine was using the excuse of repaying a debt to give her the money.

"Please do accept it!" Raine said sincerely, gently patting the woman’s callused hands.

"Thank you! Thank you!" The woman wiped her tears, repeatedly expressing gratitude.

...

"Grace, you should go with this Miss Priestess to the Divine Hall."

Though leaving her mother made the little girl somewhat afraid, Elise’s gentle voice and the warmth conveyed by her softly held hands soothed the girl’s fears.

She nodded and said, "Yes, Mom, I’ll come back to see you after my eyes are healed."

...

Half an hour later.

Watching the departing carriage, Raine stood for a long time.

If Robin hadn’t been killed by the Gray Dwarves, this family would certainly be much more prosperous than it is now.

Unfortunately....there is no "if".

Raine’s thoughts were momentarily tangled, linking back from Robin’s death to the Gray Dwarves, and then to the Talin Association.

If it weren’t for this Talin Association, the Gray Dwarves wouldn’t have appeared beneath the Azure Mine, and if there were only Kobolds, Robin wouldn’t have died.

Although Robin was a high-risk adventurer, it shouldn’t have led to such an untimely accident.

Wouldn’t it be great if those large forces and organizations spent more effort in doing human deeds and less in intrigue and power struggles, using their power to kill monsters instead?